World Authors, 1900-1950
World Authors, 1900-1950

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Published: 1996

Total Pages: 744

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Provides almost 2700 articles on twentieth-century authors from all over the world who wrote in English or whose works are available in English translation.

Noun Reduplication in Comox, a Salish Language of Vancouver Island
Noun Reduplication in Comox, a Salish Language of Vancouver Island

Author: Edward Sapir

Publisher: Franklin Classics Trade Press

Published: 2018-11-06

Total Pages: 62

ISBN-13: 9780344800269

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

The Lillooet Language
The Lillooet Language

Author: Jan Van Eijk

Publisher: UBC Press

Published: 2011-11-01

Total Pages: 314

ISBN-13: 0774842024

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This book is the first complete descriptive grammar of Lillooet, an Indigenous Canadian language spoken in British Columbia, now threatened with extinction. The author discusses three major aspects of the language sound system, word structure, and syntax in great detail. The classical structuralism method of analysis, as developed in North America by Leonard Bloomfield and his followers, is used to look at every aspect of Lillooet in terms of its function and position within the whole structure of the language. Van Eijk explains terms and procedures in order to make the book accessible not only to the advanced linguist, but also to the undergraduate student with basic linguistic training. Written with great clarity and well organized, the book is illustrated with copious examples drawn from many years of fieldwork in St't'imc territory.

Dictionary of Upriver Halkomelem
Dictionary of Upriver Halkomelem

Author: Brent Douglas Galloway

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 2009-09-01

Total Pages: 1729

ISBN-13: 0520945182

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An extensive dictionary (almost 1800 pages) of the Upriver dialects of Halkomelem, an Amerindian language of B.C.,giving information from almost 80 speakers gathered by the author over a period of 40 years. Entries include names and dates of citation, dialect information, phonological, morphological, syntactic, and semantic information, domain memberships of each alloseme, examples of use in sentences, and much cultural information.

Musqueam Reference Grammar
Musqueam Reference Grammar

Author: Wayne P. Suttles

Publisher: UBC Press

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 638

ISBN-13: 9780774810029

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Here is the long-awaited grammar of the Musqueam dialect of Halkomelem, which Wayne Suttles began work on in the late 1950s. The Musqueam people's aboriginal territory includes much of the Fraser Delta and the city of Vancouver. Halkomelem is one of the twenty-three languages that belong to the Salish Family. Suttles, an anthropologist, worked with knowledgeable older people, eliciting traditional stories, personal narratives, and ethnographic accounts. The grammar covers the usual topics of phonology, morphology, and syntax, illustrated by numerous sentences selected for their cultural relevance, providing insight into traditional practices, social relations, and sense of humor. With information on kinship, space and time, names of people and places, and the history of work on Halkomelem, this is perhaps the fullest account of any Salish language.